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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>March 29, 2023: \u201cThe game against Algeria will be played here in Namboole Stadium on 12th June. That is my promise to Ugandans,\u201d State Minister for Sports Peter Ogwang tweeted.<\/p>\n

April 25, 2023: This \u201cbeing the deadline set by Caf for all federations to submit names of venues to be used for the qualifiers due in June, the Fufa executive has taken a decision to host the Uganda Cranes next Afcon 2023 home fixture against Algeria in Cameroon,\u201d Fufa announced, 28 days later.<\/p>\n

Absolutely no surprise at all! See, the minister made this bold claim of a stadium, who’s playing surface – among several untouched requirements – still reeked of fresh murrum soil, hosting an international match completely unprovoked!<\/p>\n

He followed the above with a catalogue of explanations after his followers queried the practicality of facility refurbishment being ready in the said time.<\/p>\n

\u201cMajor works at Namboole have been concluded,\u201d he said, then, in March, \u201cwe are now looking at fixing the 40,000 seats, which will be concluded in less than a month.\u201d Check? The seats are not in the country yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other issue is the grass,\u201dOgwang continued, \u201cwe are working with a UK based consultancy firm to ensure we have the best of the best on time.\u201d This also remains at large.<\/p>\n

Nothing new<\/b><\/p>\n

And after Ogwang and Fufa\u2019s routine inspection, whose results they will have been sure about as Steph Curry is from the three-point arc, on Monday, the game against Algeria will be hosted away in Cameroon.<\/p>\n

Tanzania will be hosting Algeria. \u201cThe connections to Cameroon are good, the visa process requirements are okay, but most importantly Cameroon will also give us an international friendly,\u201d Fufa president Moses Magogo explained the choice.<\/p>\n

Fufa described the work \u201cas very slow and insensitive to cries of the public to be able to host the matches in Uganda,\u201d in a statement seen as one to not only give the minister a soft landing from his premature proclamations, but also conveniently tap into the expected public ire.<\/p>\n

Minister Ogwang promised a response after his plenary sitting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Magogo called upon the \u201crelevant government authorities to urgently cancel the contracts of the contractors and supervisors and immediately procure experienced service providers in stadium construction, even if it means being obtained from outside Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stadium refurbishment was handed over to the UPDF Engineering Brigade last year in February.<\/p>\n

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